Rhea Ripley invites the challenge of facing Becky Lynch at WWE WrestleMania 40 (2024)

New Delhi,UPDATED: Sep 7, 2023 19:36 IST

WWE Women's World Champion Rhea Ripley has already set her sights on who she wants to face at WrestleMania 40 and she wants a match with 'The Man' Becky Lynch herself.

Ripley has been on a tear on WWE RAW since she won the title at WrestleMania 39 by defeating Charlotte Flair. Since then, the Judgement Day member has been successful in all her title defenses, with the latest one coming in at Payback.

One of the feuds that fans have been looking forward to watching is the battle between The Man and Mami. Lynch and Ripley have faced each other before during an episode of NXT in 2019. Speaking as part of the promotions for the WWE Superstar Spectacle event in Hyderabad, during an exclusive interaction with Indiatoday.in, Ripley was asked about the challenge she expects from Lynch if they went against each other.

The reigning Women's World Champion said it would be a huge challenge facing The Man and commented that Lynch is a sure-shot WWE Hall Of Famer.

However, Ripley went on to say that she will present a whole different challenge for The Man and is inviting a challenge to face her at WrestleMania 40.

"I expect a huge challenge from the Man, Becky. She has definitely made her a name for herself in this company. She's accomplished so much. She's going down in history, as one of the best. And she will 110 percent be in the Hall of Fame one day. She really has made her own legacy."

"But like Becky, like Charlotte, like Sasha, like Bayley, like the Four horsewomen, they've all made a name for themselves. But at the end of the day, when you step in the ring with Mami, it's a whole different sort of challenge."

"And if it were to be myself and Becky Lynch at WrestleMania 40, you know, I, I invite that challenge. Like you said, we went one on one in NXT. And it there was no no clear winner because it was A DQ because Shayna, Jessamyn and Marina just had to come down and ruin that for me when I was on the stride of my life," said Ripley.

Ripley went on to say she would like to see the outcome of the bout between the two, but feels Lynch doesn't know what she is capable of doing in the ring. She went on to give a prediction that she would ultimately win the match against Lynch.

"So, I would like to see what the outcome would be. I would love to step in the ring with her. I think it would be a great challenge.But at the same time, I feel like she doesn't exactly know what Mami is capable of. And like what happened at WrestleMania 39, Charlotte underestimated me. She thought I was still the child that she wrestled at WrestleMania 36. I'm not. I'm a completely different animal. I'm a monster these days. I'm a nightmare. I'm an Eradicator. And it's me and Becky. I'm just saying Mami is gonna end up on top, just like she always does," said Ripley.

Ripley has made a name for her unique pinning style and was asked if she would be able to put Lynch in it as well. Mami was quick to say that everyone would be happy if she could add The Man to her list of stars who have been pinned by her.

"I mean, I've got quite a collection going. Uh, I think that if we had Becky to the list, I think everyone would be quite happy with that," said Ripley.

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